Vancouver insurance agent
Tony Johnson earns professional accreditation
Tony
Johnson
Vancouver insurance agent Tony Johnson has earned an "Accredited
Advisor in Insurance" professional designation from the American
Institute for CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter)
and Insurance Institute of America. He completed a six-month course
with the institutes to achieve the accreditation. Johnson is a
commercial insurance agent with Davidson Insurance of Vancouver. He
provides insurance services for businesses and professionals.
Davidson Insurance has served local businesses and individuals since
1990. Owned by Bruce Davidson,
the firm is located at 501 SE Columbia Shores Blvd., Suite 525, in
Vancouver. For more information, call
514-9550 or visit the Web
site
www.davidsoninsurance.com.
WSU Vancouver explores the
place where new technology preserves history
Washington State University Vancouver is helping to bring
21st-century technology to the 19th-century Fort Vancouver National
Historic Site. Brett Oppegaard,
a professor in WSU Vancouver's Digital Technology and Culture
program, has recently been awarded a $9,000 grant from the
Historical Promotion Grants Program to produce multimedia content
for mobile technology for the national park.
This means that the 800,000 people who visit the Fort Vancouver
National Historic Site each year will be able to supplement the
brochures and interpretive signage, which they currently rely on to
understand the significance of the site, with educational,
entertaining, historically based multimedia content. That content
will be available to visitors via their cell phones as early as fall
2010.
Oppegaard's work will focus on the outer ring of the Fort Vancouver
National Historic Site called "the village." Here people from more
than 35 ethnic and tribal groups lived together in support of the
fort, which operated as an economic and cultural center for the
entire region. Oppegaard hopes to enlighten visitors about the rich
history of the village by focusing on peoples and communities that
have often been overlooked in traditional historical discussions.
In
addition to being a professor at WSU Vancouver, Oppegaard is a
doctoral student working on a dissertation related to mobile
storytelling. His project aims to reveal the power new technologies
have in promoting cultural tourism, historical preservation and
audience engagement.
Art on the Boulevard
artist Mitch Baird featured in national art magazine
Art
on the Boulevard artist Mitch Baird
is featured in the January 2010 issue of
Southwest Art magazine.
Baird is featured in the "Artist to Watch" section as the editor's
choice for up-and-coming talent. Baird was contacted by Southwest
Art after his painting "Morning Ensigns, Italy" received both the
Best of Show and the SW Art Award of Excellence at the prestigious
Annual American Impressionist Society show held in Denver, CO, in
October. Southwest Art
magazine has long been considered to be one of the finest art
magazines by collectors and artists in the United States.
In
addition to these awards, Baird also recently received the Founder's
Award in the international “Blossom-The Art of Flowers” traveling
museum exhibition as well as having two paintings in the National
Parks “Paint the Parks-Top 100” traveling exhibit. These awards add
to a long list of accolades that Baird has received over the years.
In
celebration, Baird will have a collection of new works on display at
Art on the Boulevard starting on January 5th. Other new works will
be by Chuck Gumpert,
Eric Jacobsen,
Oleg Ulitskiy,
Elsbeth McLeod,
Harry Wheeler and others. The
"New Works" show runs Jan 5-30.
Note: the First Friday evening reception will be held on the second
Friday in January on the 8th due to First Friday’s landing on New
Year’s Day. The opening reception from 5 to 9 pm is open to the
public at no charge and includes complimentary light refreshments.
For further information, contact the
gallery at
750-4499.
Too busy to volunteer now?
Plan to volunteer for the YWCA after the holidays
YWCA Clark County needs volunteers year round and is currently
seeking volunteers to start after the holidays.
The YWCA has a strong need for additional volunteers to provide
advocacy and support for victims of sexual assault, facilitate
support groups for victims of domestic violence, represent the best
interests of abused and neglected children in the court system, and
help prepare high school seniors for higher education.
Other opportunities include providing encouragement and information
about community resources to women in jail, helping in a preschool
classroom, and working behind the scenes to keep the agency
functioning smoothly. There are volunteer roles for both women and
men.
The YWCA will hold an Introduction to Volunteer Service on Tuesday,
January 12, 6 to 8:30 p.m., in the Community Room of its facility at
3609 Main Street, in Vancouver.
For more information, contact Al
Flory, director of volunteer development, at
696-0167 or email him at
aflory@ywcaclarkcounty.org.
News Briefs
Join the community in honoring
Councilmember Pat Jollata for
her 20 years of service to the Vancouver community at a dedication
and service from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, in the Water
Resources Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way. Light refreshments
will be served.
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The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has its third concert of the
season at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, and at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan.17.
The concert is highlighted by the appearances of guest artists
Eva Richey and
Fumino Ando playing
Concerto for Two
Violins
in D minor by J.S. Bach,
Lena Vozheiko Wheaton and
Cinda Goold Redman playing
the Concerto No. 10 in
E-flat major
for
Two Pianos by W.A. Mozart.
The second half also features Dvorák’s
Symphony No. 7. All
performances are at Skyview Concert Hall, 1300 NW 139th, Vancouver.
Tickets for performances are available online at
www.vancouversymphony.org, by phone at
735-7278, at local outlets
and at the door. Students get a special $9 admission price for any
concert. For more information, visit orchestra’s website at
www.vancouversymphony.org.
Calendar
Spend New Year’s Eve with Vancouver’s
next mayor, Tim Leavitt, from
8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, Heathman Lodge, 7801 NE
Greenwood Drive. Cost is $50 per individual, $90 per couple, and
$750 per reserved patron table. A special room rate of $59 is being
offered by the Heathman Lodge for those attending the New Year's Eve
event. Proceeds will benefit Parks Foundation of Clark County and
Community Choices. To purchase tickets, call
619-1170. To make room
reservations, call 254-3100,
referencing the New Year's Eve celebration.
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Clark County residents will have an opportunity to recycle
block foam and old electronics for free from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Saturday, Jan. 2, in the Yellow 1 parking lot at Clark College, on
the west side of Fort Vancouver Way. The free collection event
accepts polystyrene and polypropylene block foam. For more
information about this program, contact Clark County Solid Waste at
397-6118 ext.
4352 or City of Vancouver
Solid Waste Services at 619-4120.
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Vancouver-Clark Parks & Recreation's Fifty and Better program
is hosting Swinging in the New Year's Eve Dance, featuring Beacock's
New Horizon Dance Band, from 8 p.m. to midnight, Thursday, Dec. 31.
Cost is $10 per person and includes refreshments. Call
487-7100 and sign up for
activity #72890, or register at the Marshall Luepke Community
Center.
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La Center City Council meets for a public hearing at 7 p.m. tonight,
Dec. 30.
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Loaves and Fishes will be providing hot meals to senior citizens
from noon to 2 p.m. tomorrow, Dec. 31, in the La Center Community
Center, 1000 E 4th Street.
Happy New Year!
The Daily Insider will
resume Monday, January 4, 2010.
Wednesday on the air
A Totem of the Northwest Coast--5:35 p.m. CVTV
Clark County Planning Commission Joint Hearing with the Clark County
Board of Commissioners (11-16)--6 p.m. CVTV
Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council (12-4)--9:30 p.m.
CVTV
On the Road, Sidewalk, Bikeway, and Trail to a Healthier Clark
County (11-17)--11:45 p.m. CVTV
Community Calendar Links
Wednesday,
December 30, 2009 Headlines
Links to news of
local & national significance
Fairgrounds park's phase one is done--Columbian, Scott Hewitt
Deal would shield local Verizon customers--Columbian, Libby
Tucker
Building permit system praised--Columbian, Michael Andersen
Officials: Bomb kills 8 Americans in Afghanistan--USA Today, AP
Full body scanners: At what cost to privacy?--Huffington Post, AP
